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[Samaras-Sama]

Sorry, if this seems like a silly thread I do apologize.

Do any other artists here have an issue where a reflected image looks nothing like the original? Do reflected images look much worse to you? I continue to make art that looks good but once I reflect it horizontally I see all of the mistakes and it looks lopsided.

I have this same issue with selfies as well, I feel I look much worse once a selfie of me is reflected horizontally.

Is there something wrong with me?

[muki]

I'm not one myself, but I know a lot of digital concept artists, it's a common trick of theirs to flip their art horizontally to spot stuff they otherwise might not see. So I'd say this is normal!

I make flipping my art from time to time part of my process, not just at the end.

[Samaras-Sama]

I'm not one myself, but I know a lot of digital concept artists, it's a common trick of theirs to flip their art horizontally to spot stuff they otherwise might not see. So I'd say this is normal!

I make flipping my art from time to time part of my process, not just at the end.

YES, so I'm normal then! That's EXACTLY what I do!

[Clipper]

Flipping horizontally is a common and easy way to spot faulty proportions. So yeah, it's a pretty good habit to get into.

[Schoq]

Basically flipping lets you experience the drawing as someone who didn't draw it (a bit) so if something looks wrong to you then it definitely needs to be fixed